Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.

@article{Hembree2009EndocrineTO,
  title={Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.},
  author={Wylie C. Hembree and Peggy T Cohen-Kettenis and Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal and Louis J Gooren and Walter J. Meyer and Norman Spack and Vin Tangpricha and Victor M. Montori},
  journal={The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism},
  year={2009},
  volume={94 9},
  pages={
          3132-54
        }
}
OBJECTIVE The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for endocrine treatment of transsexual persons. EVIDENCE This evidence-based guideline was developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system to describe the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence, which was low or very low. CONSENSUS PROCESS Committees and members of The Endocrine Society, European Society of Endocrinology, European Society for Paediatric… 
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This evidence-based guideline was developed using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach to describe the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence about the effect of sex steroids on bone health in transgender individuals.

Endocrine treatment of transsexual persons: extensive personal experience.

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  • Medicine, Psychology
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  • 2013
Transsexual persons seeking hormonal therapy are being seen with increasing frequency and starting therapy at an earlier age may lessen the negative impact on mental health and lead to improved social outcomes, but significant barriers exist, such as insufficient insurance coverage, which limit comprehensive care.

Coordination of healthcare for transsexual persons: a multidisciplinary approach

The experience in Spain concerning the public healthcare for transsexual persons is described using a multidisciplinary approach and to review the relevant literature.

Endocrine Treatment of Gender‐Dysphoric/Gender‐Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society* Clinical Practice Guideline

This evidence‐based guideline recommends treating gender‐dysphoric/gender‐incongruent adolescents who have entered puberty at Tanner Stage G2/B2 by suppression with gonadotropin‐releasing hormone agonists and recommends adding gender‐affirming hormones after a multidisciplinary team has confirmed the persistence of gender dysphoria/gender incongruence.

- 1The endocrine treatment of transsexual adolescents

Hormonal treatment in transsexual adolescents may avoid the development of or a worsening of psychiatric co-morbidity, leads to superior cosmetic results, and is therefore strongly indicated.

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Endocrine treatment of transsexuals: assessment of cardiovascular risk factors

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In many countries, people with GID are treated according to the Standards of Care (SOC) 6th version of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA) a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identity disorders.

Safety of hormonal treatment in transgenders

Treatment must be highly individualized and transitioning patients need to be engaged in a ‘clinical contract’ with the physician in order to ensure compliance with prescribed treatments.

[Clinical practice guidelines for assessment and treatment of transsexualism. SEEN Identity and Sexual Differentiation Group (GIDSEEN)].

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